ridiculous heavy gauge strings for teh br00talz

[gwEm]

i reckon on a 24 3/4" gibson scale guitar 13s should be the thing to use for drop c#, this generally seems to be a jazz gauge, with a wound 3rd(!).

any thoughts or recommendations on some 13s? i usually take feline or d'addario 11s for standard.

[FernandoDuarte]

Zakk Wylde uses a .060" for the E when tunes on B, I might say that I like this tone better than 99% of guys with 25.5" scale guitars :)

[psy]

I've using D'Addario EJ22 sets recently tuned to B standard on a 25 1/2" scale neck.  Apart from maybe wanting a little bit think low B they're spot on.  
http://store.daddario.com/category/145835

[MDV]

Get some custom thick-cored strings from Newtone.

[Roobubba]

I'm using 14s, although my barry has 26.5" to 28" scales, so this is less ridiculous. The low A string is 0.068 I think. They're D'Addario Baritones (can't remember the exact details, and I'm currently at work), although I have also used the EJ22s on a 25.5" ibanez for low drop-A, and that worked nicely, too.

I was intrigued by the Newtone strings, but haven't been bothered to call them up and discuss exact requirements just yet. Plenty of other things to deal with first!!

Roo

[Johnny Mac]

I've got 13's on that black Schecter from the jam gwEm. I think you had a go on it, the one with the pig in the bridge.

[JDC]

I'd be more worried about the gauges of the wounds, most sets for me never had wounds thick enough, for my preference anyway, hence I always get singles

if you don't want to get custom/singles I'd get a 7 string set, I dunno how strings feel on a 24.75" neck but you have less tension compared to a 25.5" neck so maybe something more than 0.052" for the lowest string

what tuning and sets do you use at the moment? wouldn't be hard to work out similar tension for down tuning using this website http://www.bangzero.org/stringtension/

[noodleplugerine]

i reckon on a 24 3/4" gibson scale guitar 13s should be the thing to use for drop c#, this generally seems to be a jazz gauge, with a wound 3rd(!).

any thoughts or recommendations on some 13s? i usually take feline or d'addario 11s for standard.

I play C standard on my Epi SG with 13s, with the wound 3rd etc, works perfec'

[gwEm]

I've got 13's on that black Schecter from the jam gwEm. I think you had a go on it, the one with the pig in the bridge.

i did johnny, my memory of it is slightly hazy, though i don't recall it being impossible to play by any means

[gwEm]

what tuning and sets do you use at the moment? wouldn't be hard to work out similar tension for down tuning using this website http://www.bangzero.org/stringtension/

this looks useful.. thanks alot!

[Philosoful]

I laugh when anyone writes 'heavy gauges' now. Although my high end = 11/might switch to a 10 soon (this is on a 27" scale length) I used back up to 75s and am trying an 80 soon in standard B on a 7 string, mwahahahaaa.

[psy]

Have any of you found that in a regular guitar shop it's really difficult to get any strings above a .56 most of the time?

[Roobubba]

Have any of you found that in a regular guitar shop it's really difficult to get any strings above a .56 most of the time?

Yes!

And as essentially the only reason I ever go to a guitar shop, that means I now barely ever go to one.

Roo

[Elliot]

I use these in 15s for slide

http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/720-newtone_michael_messer_slide_classics_

might also work for metal?

[nfe]

Have any of you found that in a regular guitar shop it's really difficult to get any strings above a .56 most of the time?

Yep, it's why I buy 7 string sets and ditch the top E. Most places keep the D'addario 10-59 packs.